A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now
standing loaded at the door, ready to move away.
Jeffrey.
Flit"ting*ly, adv. In a flitting manner.
Flit"ty (?), a. [From Flit.] Unstable; fluttering. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Flix (?), n. [Cf. Flax.] Down; fur. [Obs. or Eng.] J. Dyer.
Flix, n. The flux; dysentery. [Obs.] Udall.
Flix weed (Bot.), the Sisymbrium Sophia, a kind of hedge mustard,
formerly used as a remedy for dysentery.
Flo (fl), n.; pl. Flon (fln). [AS. fl, fln.] An arrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Float (flt), n.[OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr.
fleÛtan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti
float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. √ 84. See Fleet, v. i., and cf.
Flotilla, Flotsam, Plover.] 1. Anything which floats or rests on the
surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of
the surface, or mark the place of, something. Specifically: (a) A mass
of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by
the current; a raft. (b) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting
faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. (c) The
cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate
the bite of a fish. (d) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to
sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a
life preserver.
This reform bill . . . had been used as a float by the conservative
ministry.
J. P. Peters.